Mine detail: Simms Prospect

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Location: Louisa County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.03088, -77.87388
dep_id: 10067664
mrds_id: W000464
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pyrite
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
conc_proc: From Volcanic Exhalations
Reporter: Wright, Nancy A., Meintzer, Robert E. (Le Van, D.C.)
hrock_unit: Chopawamsic Formation
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Ne-Sw Trend, Columbia Syncline
tectonic: Piedmont
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1921
References:
  • CLINE, J.H., WATSON, T.L., AND WRIGHT, F.J., 1921, A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PYRITE-GOLD BELT IN LOUISA AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES, VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:63 360
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